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A gun owner? That's a push for me, lol.
More than just a gun owner. I practice/train in self-defense scenarios. I carry a handgun (and other self-defense tools) as a matter of my daily life. I would have no problem using them on another human being if properly provoked to do so.
Truth is, Allie doesn't want me to have any friends, so she's attacking you. She seeks to isolate me on the messageboards.
It's kind of DV tactic, actually.
I think this may be a situation where we have a common nemesis, Sky. She doesn't like me either, so I would guess that means we're likely to get along pretty well.
BTW, one of the most effective ways to get a trauma VICTIM to open up is to use a very confrontational approach. Because some of them are very evasive, and not only does it affect them, it affects everyone around them. This isn't to say they aren't justified in their evasion but sometimes it takes a real confrontation for them to get their cards on the table so they can cope with them and get on with their lives.
I've seen this time and again in treatment. Sky's an idiot to poo-pooh it and it just reinforces my gut feeling that she's a hack who's primary purpose as a *volunteer counselor* isn't to counsel but to indoctrinate people into whatever cult she's promoting.
Actually, one of the best ways to get a trauma survivor to open up is to be kind. You think of the person like an injured animal you've come across in the woods. You don't use a confrontational loud shouting approach at all. You're very gentle, and quiet, relaxed and spacious. Traumatized people are easily startled. They're wounded.
You're indirect. You don't stare. You don't act aggressively. You sit with your heart open and your loving arms available and when you touch the animal, you do so gently.
Your gut feeling is your gut feeling.
If you want to think I'm the devil incarnate, go right ahead. I have great respect for the way you teach me to be patient.
You are both equally insane, I know that much.
You are both equally insane, I know that much.
A gun owner? That's a push for me, lol.
More than just a gun owner. I practice/train in self-defense scenarios. I carry a handgun (and other self-defense tools) as a matter of my daily life. I would have no problem using them on another human being if properly provoked to do so.
Truth is, Allie doesn't want me to have any friends, so she's attacking you. She seeks to isolate me on the messageboards.
It's kind of DV tactic, actually.
I think this may be a situation where we have a common nemesis, Sky. She doesn't like me either, so I would guess that means we're likely to get along pretty well.
BTW, one of the most effective ways to get a trauma VICTIM to open up is to use a very confrontational approach. Because some of them are very evasive, and not only does it affect them, it affects everyone around them. This isn't to say they aren't justified in their evasion but sometimes it takes a real confrontation for them to get their cards on the table so they can cope with them and get on with their lives.
I've seen this time and again in treatment. Sky's an idiot to poo-pooh it and it just reinforces my gut feeling that she's a hack who's primary purpose as a *volunteer counselor* isn't to counsel but to indoctrinate people into whatever cult she's promoting.
Actually, one of the best ways to get a trauma survivor to open up is to be kind. You think of the person like an injured animal you've come across in the woods. You don't use a confrontational loud shouting approach at all. You're very gentle, and quiet, relaxed and spacious. Traumatized people are easily startled. They're wounded.
You're indirect. You don't stare. You don't act aggressively. You sit with your heart open and your loving arms available and when you touch the animal, you do so gently.
Your gut feeling is your gut feeling.
If you want to think I'm the devil incarnate, go right ahead. I have great respect for the way you teach me to be patient.
Sky. I know how to deal with REAL trauma and survivors. I've actually been paid to do it and am actually qualified to do it. I have done it, and in intensive, explosive situations. QUOTE]
We have that in common. I am a trauma expert in my private counseling practice. I'm paid to do it, too.
I also volunteer as a Crisis Domestic Violence Advocate. I help people join the cult of not being abused.
A gun owner? That's a push for me, lol.
More than just a gun owner. I practice/train in self-defense scenarios. I carry a handgun (and other self-defense tools) as a matter of my daily life. I would have no problem using them on another human being if properly provoked to do so.
Truth is, Allie doesn't want me to have any friends, so she's attacking you. She seeks to isolate me on the messageboards.
It's kind of DV tactic, actually.
I think this may be a situation where we have a common nemesis, Sky. She doesn't like me either, so I would guess that means we're likely to get along pretty well.
Be careful. A couple of victims hanging out together can get dicey.
Be careful. A couple of victims hanging out together can get dicey.
I don't hate God. I don't hate Jesus. I hate what his followers do in his name.
So you hate the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, all the charity work that is done world wide?
Ignorance is not bliss, it's just ignorance.
Call me a hater. It's true. I hate Christians. Big ones, little ones, fat ones, skinny ones, old ones, young ones. etc etc etc.
No, I don't hate the Red Cross or the Salvation Army. If you want me to, I could add them to my list.
Be careful. A couple of victims hanging out together can get dicey.
I don't know. She can feel free to hide behind me any time while I shoot who/whatever it is that is currently trying to vicitimize her.
More than just a gun owner. I practice/train in self-defense scenarios. I carry a handgun (and other self-defense tools) as a matter of my daily life. I would have no problem using them on another human being if properly provoked to do so.
I think this may be a situation where we have a common nemesis, Sky. She doesn't like me either, so I would guess that means we're likely to get along pretty well.
Be careful. A couple of victims hanging out together can get dicey.
Absolutely. We turn ourselves into empowered survivors and then look out dillo and alliebaba. Be glad I'm a non-violent Buddhist who doesn't own a gun.
You will have to shoot her. That will suck.
You will have to shoot her. That will suck.
Somehow I strongly doubt that I would have to shoot her, dillo. Though I understand exactly what you're saying.
Trust me, in some cases Paranoia is a reasonable reaction to what one's life has been like.
Hanging on to it for years will kill you from the inside but some irrationally think you need it for protection.
BTW, one of the most effective ways to get a trauma VICTIM to open up is to use a very confrontational approach. Because some of them are very evasive, and not only does it affect them, it affects everyone around them. This isn't to say they aren't justified in their evasion but sometimes it takes a real confrontation for them to get their cards on the table so they can cope with them and get on with their lives.
I've seen this time and again in treatment. Sky's an idiot to poo-pooh it and it just reinforces my gut feeling that she's a hack who's primary purpose as a *volunteer counselor* isn't to counsel but to indoctrinate people into whatever cult she's promoting.
Actually, one of the best ways to get a trauma survivor to open up is to be kind. You think of the person like an injured animal you've come across in the woods. You don't use a confrontational loud shouting approach at all. You're very gentle, and quiet, relaxed and spacious. Traumatized people are easily startled. They're wounded.
You're indirect. You don't stare. You don't act aggressively. You sit with your heart open and your loving arms available and when you touch the animal, you do so gently.
Your gut feeling is your gut feeling.
If you want to think I'm the devil incarnate, go right ahead. I have great respect for the way you teach me to be patient.